September
LAOH meeting:This
month's meeting is this coming Monday, September 14 at
7pm downstairs at Kelley's Row
in downtown Dover.

Get Well Cards,
etc.: Veronika
Burke needs get well cards to send to members when they are ill. If you have any
cards that you can donate, please bring to Monday's meeting. Stamps are always
appreciated too!!

Web site/Domain
Name: Up until
recently we have owned the domain name www.nhseacoastlaoh.org which pointed
directly to our website. It cost us $18 per year which was a great deal. Now the
cost has gone up to about $43 per year for us to keep this name. I am
recommending that we go back to using the national LAOH domain name
(www.LadiesAOH.com) which points to the national site where anyone can follow
the links to the state sites. Feel free to share your feelings on this subject
on Monday.

Apple Harvest
Day: LAOH will
be selling hot dogs, chips and water at Ross Furniture parking lot. We need
volunteers for about 2 hours at a time. Much thanks to Ross Furniture for
allowing us to use their lot again.
SICA will
also have a booth and the Irish Show will be doing a huge basket. We could use
some donations for that also. Contact Phyllis Howard at
749-0349.

LAOH
Pictures: If anyone
has pictures of past LAOH events please call Mary Gail at 742-6010, or mail her
the copies at 11 Union St. Dover NH 03820. We are attempting to put together a
scrapbook and also some displays for our new home at Kelley's. Also, if anyone
has ideas to help us with the project, just let Gail know. We really want
everyone involved. Even if you are one of those members who are unable to make
the meetings, you are still members and have a
say!

Stamps for the
Missions: Phyllis
Howard has found a new mission that is requesting canceled stamps. Please call
her at 749-0349 or bring them to the next
meeting.

LAOH Day of
Recollection: October
10th, 10am to 2 pm. See Gail's note later on in
this newsletter.

Membership
Booklet: I have
enclosed an LAOH Membership booklet so that you all have a copy both of the
prayer we typically say at each meeting along with phone numbers for all
members. Please remember that not everyone is in the phone book, so out of
respect for all of our members, these numbers should only be used for LAOH
purposes. Thanks for your
understanding!!

Correspondence to
Soldiers: We are
trying to get hold of the names of several soldiers serving over in Iraq and
Afghanistan. We have two people who can help us. This will be discussed in
detail on Monday, so please try to attend the meeting. We need people who can
commit to this and follow
through.

Transportation: If anyone is in need of a ride to the
meeting, call Gail at 742-6010 and we will arrange for someone to pick you up
and bring you home. Please give us a few days notice! (Or call Mary Goodwin at
740-9430 anytime—I can swing by for
you!)

Aftertainment:As usual,
some of the ladies will be gathering upstairs at Kelley's for music enjoyment
following the meeting.

LOAH DAY OF RECOLLECTION

Saturday, October 10th, 2009, the LAOH will be holding a
day of prayer and recollection at St. Theresa’s Church in Rye NH.

Our day will begin at 10 am with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
followed by a homily on the Eucharist to be given by Rev. Fritz J. Cerullo,
O.S.A. to be followed by a short discussion session.

We are honored to have Father Fritz. He has been our chaplain and
supporter from the very inception of our division. He has a very rich and
diverse background. He has a B.A., from Villanova University, and a M.A. from
Washington Theological Union, Silver Springs, Maryland.

At present Father
Fritz has been appointed head of the Development Council for the Province of St.
Thomas of Villanova in the New England Region.

Following Father’s
presentation, we will break for lunch. We have decided to go with a pot luck
lunch. You will be hearing from one of the officers prior to October
1st. We will
need to get a head count on who will be attending and what they intend to
bring.

We have a special young man, 17 year old Bill Gabriel who will be
giving the afternoon session.Billy Gabriel has carried a passion for theology and a joy in
discovering more about the Catholic faith for quite some time. He is currently a
senior at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, NH. Billy is the Founder
and Director of Saint Ambrose: a Summer Catholic Learning Experience for teens
in sacramental preparation for Confirmation. Trying to ignite the fire of the
Holy Spirit within every one of the teens he teaches, Billy continues his
calling to enrich their minds and hearts and to inspire a faith of love,
intellect, and a personal relationship with God.

After the afternoon
session we will have Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

I hope that everyone
will please make a special effort to attend this function. It would be a
wonderfully uniting day for us to start off the new year together as a
division.

With all that is
going on in the world and the church we need to raise our voices together and
pray for all the peoples of the universe and The Mystical Body Of
Christ.

Coming Events:

Irish Music
Sessions-

Rocky Rockwood -
Monday
nights at Kelley's from 7:30-10 (head up there when our
meeting is over. This is a great session.) and
also

Sunday
afternoons at Ri Ra Pub in Market Square, Portsmouth,
5-8:30

Barley pub 2nd and
4thWednesdays of the month at 7 pm.

Genealogy –
If you are interested in working on your Irish Genealogy with SICA, please call
Maureen Collopy at 742-5584 for information.